Five top drawer players who’ll make their major tournament debut at the Euros
Euro 2020 is now just two days away and football fans across the continent are gearing up for what promises to be four weeks…
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Euro 2020 – Group A preview
Euro 2020 finally gets underway this week with the tournament’s opening fixture seeing Turkey face off against Italy, two teams who will be hoping…
Dubiously predicting the Euro 2020 Team of the Tournament
Predictions can often make a writer look foolish, but as Euro 2020 prepares to get underway this week we thought we’d try our hand…
Ranking the five best out-and-out strikers at Euro 2020 this summer
Europe’s festival of football is now just a week away as the rescheduled Euro 2020 prepares to begin on June 11, a major tournament…
Five of the best jerseys ahead of Euro 2021
This summer will bring a festival of football as the rescheduled European Championships take place, the continent’s best competing to be crowned as champions…
The best football kits in the international game right now
International breaks may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but there is at least one thing all football fans can enjoy while the club…
Balon Drip: 15 of the finest football kits from 2020
The football season has been unprecedentedly strange and normal life has been turned upside down by a pandemic, but the football kits are still…
90s Football Hall of Fame: Crystal Palace cult hero Attilio Lombardo
The latest inductee into the 90’s Football Hall of Fame is Crystal Palace cult hero Attilio Lombardo. The Italian was one of a number…
England and Wales handed tricky draws for Euro 2020
The home nations have been planted in sticky groups following Friday evening’s draw for next summer’s Euro 2020 tournament. England will face a rematch…
Premier League player ratings for the first round of international games
Recapping and reviewing the performances of Premier League players on international duty in Europe this past week. Harry Kane continues to pad his goal…
Six of the best players to switch international allegiances
Millions of people around the globe have more than one nationality for one reason or another, and footballers are of course no different. There…
Power ranking the Women’s World Cup jerseys from best to worst
The kits on display in this summer’s World Cup are sensational, but which one comes in first and, more importantly, last place? The Fifa…
Gianluigi Buffon – 20 of the best quotes about the Italian goalkeeping legend
Sometimes the word legend is thrown around a little too easily, but when it comes to Gianluigi Buffon, it is thoroughly deserved in every…
The five Players with most World Cup appearances
There can be little argument that representing your Country on football’s greatest stage the World Cup is the absolute pinnacle of any players career.
Andrea Pirlo – 10 of the best quotes
Andrea Pirlo was one of the coolest players to have ever played the game, like the fine wine he enjoys, his career and reputation…
Italian legend: ‘We want Conte back’
Italian legend Alessandro del Piero has thrown his backing behind Chelsea manager Antonio Conte for the vacant national team position.
Juventus 2–1 Sporting Lisbon: Match Report and Player Ratings
The Lions travelled to Turin to face the Italian giants in a decisive Champions League match that would send one of them closer to…
In Praise of Pirlo – Goodbye to a legend
The curtain is finally closing on the career of one of the greatest players of the last 20 years. It’s time to look back…